Pesce Spada
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, January 1, 2010 - 3:08am

Ingredients




1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon minced fresh oregano
teaspoon (or 1  dried oregano, crumbled)
2 garlic cloves finely minced
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
4 swordfish steaks, 1" thick - (6 oz ea)
(or similar fish steaks such as mako, 4 firm ripe tomatoes diced
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil
Lemon juice to taste
Lemon wedges as an accompaniment

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 In a bowl whisk together the oil, lemon juice, oregano, garlic and salt and pepper. In a shallow dish coat the fish steaks with the mixture and let marinate, covered and chilled, for 15 minutes. 3 Arrange the fish in a foil lined baking pan and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until fish is just cooked. 4 In a bowl toss the tomatoes with the basil and salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the fish to serving plates and top each with some of the tomato/basil salad. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garnish with lemon wedges. 5 This recipe yields 4 servings.